I am a retired trial lawyer working on a second career as a travel writer. My stories have received awards from the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, from Travelers Tales and from Bradt Travel Guides. My debut book "Eat the Wind: Travels With Dictators, Mercenaries and Queens" -- scheduled for publication by TorchFlame Books in Fall 2026 -- is a time capsule of distinctive, analog adventures before the internet changed the world of travel.